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Definition of Perpending
1. perpend [v] - See also: perpend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpending
Literary usage of Perpending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"was crowned King (1576), while Maximilian was perpending the terms, certainly
far from attractive, offered him by his supporters. The refusal of the Diet of ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"was crowned King (1576), while Maximilian was perpending the terms, certainly
far from attractive, offered him by his supporters. The refusal of the Diet of ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"... And should ш my person dislike to be hurt ; So, perpending the grief to which
tyrants oft come, I shall take the precaution to wear a mail shirt. ..."
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